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1888 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887/1889) 81-52, Finished 3rd in American Association View League Standings and Leaders Scored 827 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-47 Managed by Bill Sharsig Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 97   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888 Stats (1887/1889) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Wilbert Robinson    25   66  254   32   62   7  2   1   31   9       .244  .270  .299  11           0               82
1B  Henry Larkin        28  135  546   92  147  28 12   7  101  33       .269  .326  .403  20          13              133
2B *Lou Bierbauer       22  134  535   83  143  20  9   0   80  25       .267  .301  .338  34           1              104
3B  Denny Lyons         22  111  456   93  135  22  5   6   83  41       .296  .363  .406  39           7              146
SS  Bill Gleason        29  123  499   55  112  10  2   0   61  12       .224  .256  .253  27           9               63
OF  Curt Welch          26  136  549  125  155  22  8   1   61  33       .282  .355  .357  95          29              128
OF  Harry Stovey        31  130  530  127  152  25 20   9   65  62       .287  .365  .460  87           3              163
OF *Tom Poorman         30   97  383   76   87  16  6   2   44  31       .227  .294  .316  46           5               95
    George Townsend     21   42  161   13   25   6  0   0   12   4       .155  .181  .193   2           1               19
    Mike Sullivan       28   28  112   20   31   5  6   1   19   3       .277  .296  .455  10           0              139
    Tom Gunning         26   23   92   18   18   0  0   0    5   2       .196  .237  .196  14           3               39
    Blondie Purcell     34   18   66   10   11   3  1   0    6   5       .167  .236  .242  10           1               53
    Frank Fennelly      28   15   47   13   11   2  2   1   12   9       .234  .357  .426   5           0              150
    Bill Farmer         24    3   12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0       .167  .167  .167   0           0                7
   ?Frank Zinn          22    2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .125  .000   0           0              -59
   ?Whitey Gibson       19    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100

   ?Ed Seward           21   64  225   27   32   3  3   2   14  18       .142  .215  .209  12           3               36
    Gus Weyhing         21   48  184   19   40   6  8   1   14   1       .217  .222  .353   5           0               83
   *Mike Mattimore      29   41  142   22   38   6  5   0   12  12       .268  .333  .380  16           2              128
   *Bill Blair          24    4   13    1    4   1  0   0    1   1       .308  .357  .385   0           0              137
   *Phenomenal Smith    23    3    9    1    3   1  0   0    2   1       .333  .400  .444   1           0              170
   ?Bob Gamble          21    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .333  .333  .333   0           0              114
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.2  136 4828  827 1209 183 89  31  624 303  473  .250  .295  .344 434          77              112
    Rank among 8 AA teams          3    1    1   1  1   3        6    7     1     2     1   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ed Seward           21  57   2.01  35  19  0  57   0  57   6  518.7  388  203  116   4  127  272 2075   0   0  0     149
SP  Gus Weyhing         21  47   2.25  28  18  0  47   0  45   3  404.0  314  198  101   4  111  204 1652   0   0  0     133
SP *Mike Mattimore      29  26   3.38  15  10  0  24   2  24   4  221.0  221  146   83   6   65   80    0   0   0  0      89


   *Bill Blair          24   4   2.61   1   3  0   4   0   3   0   31.0   29   21    9   0    8   16    0   0   0  0     115
   *Phenomenal Smith    23   3   2.86   2   1  0   3   0   3   0   22.0   21   15    7   0   10   19  101   4   0  0     105
    Bob Gamble          21   1   8.00   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    9.0   10   10    8   0    3    2    0   0   0  0      37
    Lou Bierbauer       22   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    5    1    0   0    0    3   14   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 22.6 136   2.41  81  52  0 136   3 133  13 1208.0  988  594  323  14  324  596 3842   4   0  0     124
    Rank among 8 AA teams           3   3   6  3           2   1      5    2    3        1    5    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WRobinson 65 428 143 38 5 .938 53 GTownsend 42 225 76 29 2 .912 46 TGunning 23 130 38 20 4 .894 26 BFarmer 3 20 4 1 0 .960 3 FZinn 2 13 2 1 0 .937 4 WGibson 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 136 818 267 89 11 .924 132 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .976 10.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HLarkin 122 1222 36 43 44 .967 10.31 HStovey 13 125 4 1 6 .992 9.92 BGleason 1 5 1 2 0 .750 6.00 WRobinson 1 9 0 1 2 .900 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 136 1361 41 47 52 .968 10.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .916 5.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBierbauer 121 342 399 68 39 .916 6.12 HLarkin 14 41 33 13 7 .851 5.29 CWelch 3 5 2 4 0 .636 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 136 388 434 85 46 .906 6.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .867 3.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLyons 111 159 193 49 11 .878 3.17 LBierbauer 13 22 24 2 2 .958 3.54 MSullivan 10 12 18 12 0 .714 3.00 BGleason 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BPurcell 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 136 195 236 64 13 .871 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .863 4.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGleason 121 112 370 80 32 .858 3.98 FFennelly 15 18 44 6 4 .912 4.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 136 130 414 86 36 .863 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .907 1.79 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CWelch 135 272 23 15 6 .952 2.19 0 135 0 HStovey 118 204 12 13 4 .943 1.83 118 0 0 TPoorman 97 115 8 14 1 .898 1.27 0 0 97 MSullivan 18 22 1 8 0 .742 1.28 16 0 2 BPurcell 17 25 3 3 1 .903 1.65 0 0 17 MMattimore 16 24 4 3 2 .903 1.75 1 1 15 ESeward 7 8 2 0 1 1.000 1.43 2 1 4 GWeyhing 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 1 BBlair 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 136 670 53 56 15 .928 1.80 136 136 136 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .891 2.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESeward 57 24 125 19 4 .887 2.59 GWeyhing 47 22 93 17 1 .871 2.56 MMattimore 26 8 67 7 4 .915 3.05 BBlair 4 2 12 3 1 .824 4.06 PSmith 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.23 BGamble 1 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 LBierbauer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 136 58 302 48 10 .882 2.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Lyons .296 On-base % Stovey .365 Slugging % Stovey .460 OPS Stovey .825 Games Welch 136 At Bats Welch 549 Plate Appearances (approx.) Welch 611 Runs Stovey 127 Hits Welch 155 Total Bases Stovey 244 Doubles Larkin 28 Triples Stovey 20 Home Runs Stovey 9 RBI Larkin 101 Bases on Balls Stovey 62 Stolen Bases Welch 95 Singles Welch 124 Adjusted OPS+ Stovey 163 Runs Created Stovey 88 Adjusted Batting Runs Stovey 38 Batting Wins Stovey 4.3 Extra-Base Hits Stovey 54 Times on Base Stovey and Welch 217 Offensive Win% Stovey .765 Hit By Pitch Welch 29 Power/Speed Number Stovey 16.3 At Bats per Home Run Stovey 58.9 Outs Larkin 399

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Seward 2.01 Wins Seward 35 Won-Loss % Seward .648 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seward 0.993 Hits Allowed/9IP Seward 6.73 Bases on Balls/9IP Seward 2.20 Strikeouts/9IP Seward 4.72 Games Seward 57 Innings Seward 518.7 Strikeouts Seward 272 Games Started Seward 57 Comp. Games Seward 57 Shutouts Seward 6 Home Runs Allow. Mattimore 6 Bases On Balls Allow. Seward 127 Hits Allowed Seward 388 SO to Walk Seward 2.14 Losses Seward 19 Earned Runs Allow. Seward 116 Wild Pitches Smith 4 Batters Faced Seward 2075 Games Finished Mattimore 2 Adjusted ERA+ Seward 149

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